BitMine Immersion Technologies acquired 96,798 Ether valued at approximately $265 million during the week ending November 30, 2025. The purchase elevated the company's total Ethereum treasury to 3.73 million tokens, representing over 3% of circulating supply. Management accelerated weekly buying by 39% ahead of the Fusaka network upgrade scheduled for early December.

Solana Mobile will release its SKR governance token in January 2026 with a fixed supply of 10 billion units. The allocation designates 30% for community airdrops targeting early adopters. Initial inflation stands at 10% annually, declining by 25% each year until reaching a terminal rate of 2%.

The Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 received royal assent on December 2, 2025, establishing cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and carbon credits as a distinct category of personal property under English and Welsh law, according to an announcement by Lord Speaker John McFall. The legislation implements Law Commission recommendations from June 2023. Asset owners gain clearer recovery rights for stolen holdings, while courts can now apply traditional property law principles to digital assets.

Bank of America has issued formal guidance advising wealth management clients to allocate 1%–4% of portfolios to digital assets through regulated Bitcoin ETFs. Starting January 5, 2026, over 15,000 advisors across Merrill Lynch, Bank of America Private Bank, and Merrill Edge will gain access to coverage on four Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. The guidance establishes a 1% minimum for conservative investors and a 4% ceiling for clients with higher risk tolerance.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed the Crypto-Asset Market Act on December 1, 2025, blocking implementation of the EU's MiCA regulation. The presidential office cited concerns over provisions enabling the financial regulator to block cryptocurrency websites with minimal oversight and licensing fees that would burden smaller firms. The veto sends the legislation back to parliament, where a three-fifths majority is required to override the decision.

Vanguard Group began offering cryptocurrency ETF trading on its brokerage platform on December 2, 2025, granting more than 50 million clients access to Bitcoin and Ether funds from BlackRock, Fidelity, and Grayscale. The firm, which manages approximately $11 trillion in assets, excludes memecoin, leveraged, inverse, and futures-based crypto products from its platform.

Ripple Markets APAC Pte. Ltd. received an expanded Major Payment Institution license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore on December 1, 2025. The approval authorizes digital payment token services, cross-border transfers, and domestic money transfers. Ripple can now offer end-to-end payment solutions—including custody, swapping, and settlement in RLUSD or XRP—through a single API integration.

Democratic staff of the House Judiciary Committee released a 68-page report on November 24, 2025, alleging President Trump and family members built a cryptocurrency portfolio valued between $2.9 billion and $11.6 billion at 2025 peak prices. The document claims White House pardons and regulatory decisions directly benefited entities that invested in Trump-linked crypto projects. The family controls World Liberty Financial, which raised $550 million, and launched the $TRUMP memecoin that reached an $18 billion market cap.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission expanded its cryptocurrency travel rule to cover all virtual asset transactions on November 28, 2025, eliminating the previous 1 million won ($680) minimum threshold. The policy now requires identity verification and information sharing for every crypto transfer, regardless of amount. Virtual asset service providers must collect and share originator and beneficiary details for all transactions.